Heavy Metal Stress and Some Mechanisms of Plant Defense Response by Abolghassem Emamverdian, Yulong Ding, Farzad Mokhberdoran, Yinfeng Xie

“…This would inflict serious morphological, metabolic, and physiological anomalies in plants ranging from chlorosis of shoot to lipid peroxidation and protein degradation. …”
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Differentiating Gender and Sex in Dental Research: A Narrative Review by Alice Alberti, Benedetta Morandi, Luca Francetti, Silvio Taschieri, Stefano Corbella

“…Sex and gender analysis in dental research could be important both for analyzing biological differences such as those in the immune or neuro-immune system, cardiovascular physiology, developmental anomalies or deformities, and psychosocial differences such as lifestyle, pain experience and prevalence of chronic pain, eating behavior, and access to healthcare services. …”
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Absent Right Side Iliac Arterial System, an Intraoperative Surprise during Live Related Recipient Renal Transplantation by Vijay Radhakrishnan, Rana Kumar, Datson George, G. P. Abraham

“…The presence of such vascular anomaly intraoperatively can present a technically challenging situation to the surgeon. …”
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Deep Electron Density Depletion Near Sunset Terminator on St. Patrick's Day Storm and Its Impacts on Skywave Propagation by M. Ankita, S. Tulasi Ram, K. K. Ajith, S. Sripathi

“…The controlled SAMI2 (Sami2 is Another Model of the Ionosphere) simulations indicate that a large equatorial vertical drift around sunset terminator can produce such a deep electron density depletion and strong reinforcement of equatorial ionization anomaly. The impacts of these ionospheric density disturbances on the Skywave communication systems have been investigated using an HF propagation simulator that solves the propagation path of radio waves under given background ionospheric conditions. …”
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Early Warning and Management Method of Abnormal Performance of Tourist Scenic Spots Assisted by Image Recognition Technology by Zhaozhen Song, Jing Lu

“…This has achieved a high accuracy for anomaly detection of tourist attractions. The largest similarity index has reached 0.963.…”
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Distributed Joint Cluster Formation and Resource Allocation Scheme for Cooperative Data Collection in Virtual MIMO-Based M2M Networks by Xi Luan, Jianjun Wu, Yuxin Cheng, Haige Xiang

“…Since the optimization problem on this issue is an NP-hard problem, a feasible joint scheme for the cluster formation and resource allocation is proposed in this paper, which is carried out via coalition formation game with a distributed algorithm. …”
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The Role of Clomipramine in Potentiating the Teratogenic Effects of Caffeine in Pregnant Rats: A Histopathological Study by Vahid Nikoui, Sattar Ostadhadi, Nasrin Takzare, Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Nabavi, Mario Giorgi, Azam Bakhtiarian

“…Fetuses of rats receiving high doses of caffeine or combinations of caffeine and clomipramine showed a significant rate of cleft palate development, open eyelids, mortality, torsion anomalies, shrinkage of skin, and subcutaneous haemorrhage (P≤0.001). …”
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Media battles in the cybersphere: analyzing news and social media agendas during the 2015 Greek bailout referendum by Nelly-Maria Sergidou, Vasiliki Triga, Nicolas Tsapatsoulis

“…On June 27, 2015, the Greek coalition government, led by the left-wing SYRIZA party, announced the July 5th referendum, asking citizens to decide on the adoption of the EU-proposed economic plan. …”
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No longer euroskeptics: the evolution of the strategy of «Brothers of Italy» by Maria O. Shibkova, Alena I. Nebyanskaya

“…With the ambitious goal of repeating the success of 2022 now at the supranational level, «Brothers of Italy» aim to create a broad center-right majority in the European Parliament and send the left into opposition, but this raises the question of how far the ruling Italian coalition will be able to maintain its unity depending on the outcome of the European elections. …”
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Application of machine learning in asphalt and concrete material testing: A comprehensive review by Khorshidi Meisam, Dave Eshan, Sias Jo

“…Additionally, unsupervised learning methods, such as K-means clustering and Principal Component Analysis (PCA), proved effective in classifying pavement conditions and detecting anomalies, with K-means offering simplicity and efficiency at the cost of sensitivity to initialization and cluster definitions. …”
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Synthesis of doped Co based perovskite and photocatalytic degradation of organic wastewater by XIE He, TANG Bin, CHEN Bingbing, LI Jiali, ZHAN Haijuan

“…Cobalt-based perovskite catalysts doped with Ce and Mn were synthesized by sol-gel method using metal nitrate as raw materials. …”
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Contaminant Delineation of a Landfill Site Using Electrical Resistivity and Induced Polarization Methods in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa by S. Mepaiyeda, K. Madi, O. Gwavava, C. Baiyegunhi, L. Sigabi

“…The contamination was interpreted based on resistivity/IP anomalies considering the background geology. The shallow bedrock indicated a low risk to groundwater contamination because of its competent nature from its geology, and characteristic high resistivity values (≥1000 Ohm-m). …”
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Metal Sourcing For a Sustainable Future by Ortwin Renn, Richard Gloaguen, Christina Benighaus, Leila Ajjabou, Ludger Benighaus, Virginia Del Rio, Javier Gómez, Sari Kauppi, Michaela Keßelring, Moritz Kirsch, Marko Komac, Juha Kotilainen, Elena Kozlovskaya, Jari Lyytimaki, Cathryn McCallum, Tuija Mononen, Jouni Nevalainen, Lasse Peltonen, Jukka-Pekka Ranta, Stephane Ruiz, Jon Russill, Frank Wagner

“…Mining activities are typically considered as unsustainable but, at the same time, metals such as cobalt and lithium are essential to sustain the energy transition. …”
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Equitable food value chains through collaborative action [in an inequitable landscape] by Micaela Lipman, Domonique Griffin, Erik Woyciesjes, Gabriella Hall, Samina Raja

“…Drawing on com­munity coalition action theory (CCAT), this paper explores the potential for enhancing food equity through collaborative action across the food value chain. …”
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Equitable food value chains through collaborative action [in an inequitable landscape] by Micaela Lipman, Domonique Griffin, Erik Woyciesjes, Gabriella Hall, Samina Raja

“…Drawing on com­munity coalition action theory (CCAT), this paper explores the potential for enhancing food equity through collaborative action across the food value chain. …”
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A Case of Variceal Bleeding with Cricopharyngeal Web: A Challenge to Variceal Band Ligation by Dandi Kranthi, Debabrata Banerjee, Amol S Dahale, Abhijeet Karad, Yogesh Bade

“…Acute Variceal Bleeding (AVB) is a life-threatening complication of portal hypertension that necessitates prompt and effective intervention. …”
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E3 ubiquitin ligase SYVN1 as a promising therapeutic target for diverse human diseases by Li Zhu, Yong-Ping Liu, Yuan-Wang, Bo-Xuan Sun, Yu-Ting Huang, Ji-Kai Zhao, Jian-Feng Liu, Li-Ming Yu, Hui-Shan Wang

“…Consequently, SYVN1 plays a crucial role in both normal human physiology and the pathogenesis of various diseases, such as oncogenesis, cardiovascular disorders, immune regulation, skeletal anomalies, and neurological diseases. This review synthesizes recent findings regarding the physiological and pathophysiological roles of SYVN1, offering new insights into potential strategies for the prevention and treatment of human diseases, as well as suggesting avenues for future drug development. …”
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INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL PLANT SPECIES IN THE ROMANIAN PROTECTED AREAS. A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH by MONICA DUMITRAŞCU, INES GRIGORESCU, GHEORGHE KUSCICSA, MIHAI DOROFTEI, MIHAELA NĂSTASE, CARMEN-SOFIA DRAGOTĂ

“…Taking into consideration the intensification of the human-induced influences in various habitats, the authors undertook an in-depth analysis of selected ITPS (Amorpha fruticosa, Acer Negundo, Ailanthus altissima, Fallopia japonica, Impatiens glandulifera) in relation to the key environmental driving forces in some protected areas considered as case-studies for each biogeographical region in Romania: Maramureş Mountains Natural Park (Alpine region), Mureş Floodplain Natural Park (Pannonic region), Comana Natural Park (Continental region), Măcin Mountains National Park (Steppic region) and Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve (Pontic region). …”
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Framework for autonomous inspection of PV plants using IoT electronics on each PV panel and UAV collaboration by Miguel Tradacete-Ágreda, Carlos Santos-Pérez, Pablo José Hueros-Barrios, Francisco Javier Rodríguez-Sánchez, Rafael Pérez-Seguí, Javier Melero-Deza, Pascual Campoy

“…This autonomous inspection system consists of two layers: (i) anomaly detection by on-board electronics of PV panels (referred as IoT Modules) and (ii) infrared (IR) and visual red, green, and blue (RGB) inspection by UAVs. …”
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The Axiomatic Characterization of the Grey Shapley Value by Mehmet Gençtürk, Mahmut Sami Öztürk, Osman Palancı

“…The objective of this study is to characterize and redefine this value in cooperative games where coalition values are grey numbers. In this study, the grey Shapley value is characterized by the following axioms: <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="script">G</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-gain loss, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="script">G</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-null player, and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi mathvariant="script">G</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-differential marginality. …”
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